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Vilnius

Vilnius

Dzūkija / capital region

Baroque old town, hill forts and a bohemian republic

Kaunas

Kaunas

Central Lithuania

Interwar modernism and street-art walls

Klaipėda

Klaipėda

Seaside / Lithuania Minor

Half-timbered port town and the gateway to the Curonian Spit

Trakai

Trakai

Lakeland near Vilnius

Island castle, lakes and Karaim heritage

Šiauliai

Šiauliai

Northern Lithuania

The Hill of Crosses and a city of bicycles

Palanga

Palanga

Baltic coast

Pine woods, amber and the long wooden pier

Nida

Nida

Curonian Spit

Sand dunes, blue-and-white fishermen's houses and silence

Druskininkai

Druskininkai

Dzūkija, southern Lithuania

Spa town in the pines by the Nemunas

Anykščiai

Anykščiai

Aukštaitija

Treetop walkway, narrow-gauge rail and wine made from berries

Panevėžys

Panevėžys

Aukštaitija

Theatre traditions and a working narrow-gauge line

Birštonas

Birštonas

Nemunas loops

Quiet spa resort inside a bend of the Nemunas

Kėdainiai

Kėdainiai

Central Lithuania

Renaissance old town and the cucumber capital

Telšiai

Telšiai

Samogitia (Žemaitija)

Capital of Samogitia, with its own dialect and bear

Alytus

Alytus

Dzūkija

Forests, mushrooms and the Nemunas in the south

Marijampolė

Marijampolė

Suvalkija

Suvalkija's market town on the road to Poland

Utena

Utena

Aukštaitija lakeland

Lakes, beer and the gateway to Aukštaitija National Park

Visaginas

Visaginas

North-east, near Lake Drūkšiai

A planned Soviet-era town in the pine forest

Mažeikiai

Mažeikiai

North-west Samogitia

Railway and refinery town near the Latvian border

Jonava

Jonava

Central Lithuania

Riverside town twenty minutes from Kaunas

Ukmergė

Ukmergė

Aukštaitija

Old coaching town on the Vilnius–Panevėžys road

Tauragė

Tauragė

South-west Samogitia

Border town with a castle-manor at its centre

Kernavė

Kernavė

Neris valley, near Vilnius

Five hill forts and Lithuania's first capital